The famous actor received a unique Fiat 126p in 2017 from the town of Bílsko-Bělá, where the famous Maluch was manufactured.
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Tom Hanks is a great actor who also has a wonderful sense of humor. During his travels around the world, he often had his photos taken by various older cars, adding to the photos on social networks the comment “I have a new car!” After a few photos with Maluch, however, in the end he actually got this car.
People from the Polish city of Bílsko-Bělá, where the iconic Fiat 126p (also called Polski Fiat or Maluch) was manufactured, had a unique piece built for the famous actor. The car received a white painted body, chrome bumpers, black light frames, 12 “white painted metal wheels and special plaques.
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The interior of the car was custom-made by Carlex Design, which created a unique green seat upholstery with black contrasting stripes, complemented by green door panels and dashboard upholstery. There are chrome details, control rods with a design taken from typewriters, a plaque with a quote from the movie Forrest Gump or leather luggage bags with the inscription Bielsko-Biała for Tom Hanks.
Also unique is the alarm clock in the dashboard, which shows the speed in kilometers per hour and miles and again bears the inscription “Bielsko-Biała for Tom Hanks”, or gear selector, which shows the symbol of the city of Bielsko-Biała. In addition, before the auction, Tom Hanks added a handwritten signature to the door panel.
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The traditional power unit remained under the hood, ie a four-stroke two-cylinder with a volume of 594 cm3, which is connected to a four-speed manual transmission. Overall, however, this is a truly unique car, which is also in perfect condition.
In addition to the low drive, in November 2021 it underwent a service, during which the battery was replaced and work was also done on the maintenance of the fuel system, brakes and axles. In addition, white-green driving gloves, the color combination of which corresponds to the car, also became part of the sale.
The auction of a unique car took place on the Bring and Trailer website, where in the end the bidders made 36 bids, while the last bid reached $ 83,500 – ie approximately CZK 1,917,000. We don’t know the name of the new owner, but we do know what the famous actor will do with the money.
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Even before the auction, he announced that he donated all the money to the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, specifically for the Hidden Heroes Campaign, which supports families, partners and close people caring for veterans or wounded soldiers. Tom Hanks is the chairman of this organization.
This is the last car sold by Tom Hanks. Last year, he said goodbye to his beautiful Airstream 1992 Model 34 Limited Excella caravan, with which he made all films from The Seattle Loner (1993) to Circle: Closed Circle (2017), the Ford F450 (designed to tow caravans), the Tesla Model S P85D. and the beautifully refurbished Toyota FJ40 from the Icon 4×4 workshop.
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